How China Captured California
Why does California have the highest gasoline taxes in the U.S.? Don’t look to the Strait of Hormuz. Look at Beijing. Of course, energy has been expensive in…
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Decline Is a Choice—Success Isn’t Inevitable
Decline is a choice. President Trump could not have said it better. Two years ago, everyone was talking about the Roman Empire, musing over its tragic decline.
Woodrow Wilson’s War Against the Constitution
Recently, Justice Clarence Thomas used a speech at the University of Texas at Austin to remind Americans why Woodrow Wilson still matters in the fight for…
California’s Choice
Fans of outlaw country music will recall an old song called “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues,” which appeared on Waylon Jennings’s 1973 album Lonesome, On’ry…
American ‘Ally’ Imposes Travel Ban on American Ambassador
South Korea’s hard-Left regime is preventing former U.S. Ambassador Morse Tan from leaving the country. He is there as part of an election monitoring team.
The Ideological Needle and the Damage Done
Much of the civilized world and all civilized people are reeling in righteous anger at the murder of Henry Nowak, the 18-year-old British college student who…
Thomas Massie’s Defeat Exposes the GOP’s Post-Trump Identity Crisis
Thomas Massie’s primary loss in Kentucky was not simply the defeat of an incumbent congressman, although Washington will certainly try to file it away that…
The Hyphen and the Melting Pot
What is your favorite bit of Orwellian Newspeak? Near the top of my list is “affirmative action.” It’s such an emollient phrase, so redolent of cheeriness…
Trump’s Nationwide Shabbat and the Choices Facing American Jews
This past month, President Trump, in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month and the United States’ 250th birthday, encouraged Americans to keep the Sabbath.
Europe 2.0, Beyond Brussels: The End of the European Union as We Know It
Europe has reached the end of an era. Not the end of its history, but the end of its false form. For decades, the European Union served as the great substitute…